Closet connection.



No. 807,265. PATENTED DEC. 12, 1905 N. A. GUTELIUS. I

CLOSET CONNECTION.

APILIOATION FILED JULY 21,1905.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

Specification of Letters Patent. I

, d Patented Dec. 12, 1905.

Application filed July 21,1905. Serial No. 270,627-

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, NORMAN A. GUTELIUs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Washington, in the county of Washington and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Closet Connections; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to closet connections; and the objects are to provide a connection which Will be eflicient in its working, simple in construction, and at the same time cheap to manufacture.

With these objects in view I will now describe my invention, reference being had to the drawings, in which Figure 1 is a plan view of the device; Fig. 2, a transverse sectional view of the same, and Fig. 3 a detail sectional View of the packingring in cross-section.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in' the different figures of the drawings.

A represents the flange; B, the lead wastepipe; C, a metallic ring; D, the flexible packing-ring, and E the neck of the closet-bowl. The construction of the flange A is the same as is now used by others, and no claim is made therefor. The lead pipe B has a lip a, which rests on the flange, this part of the construction also beingold. I next provide a metallic ring 0, which is formed with a shoulder b, which rests on the top edge of the pipe B and is provided at its lower edge with an inwardly-projecting lip cfor supporting the lower edge of the flexible packing D. This flexible packing D is provided with an overhanging shoulder which acts to close the top of the metallic ring and lead pipe, thus pre- A venting any leakage of sewer-gas. The neck of the closet-bowl is forced down inside the flexible packing and makes a perfectly airtight joint. This packing may be made of rubber, plumbago, or any other suitable material.

Having described my invention, what I claim is- A closet connection, consisting of a metallic ring resting on the top edge of the lead pipe, a flexible packing provided with a shofii der or flange adapted to rest on the top edge of the metallic ring and between said ring and the neck of the closet, substantially as and for the purposes shown and described.

NORMAN A. GUTELIUS.

Witnesses:

BLANoHARD G. HUGHES, MARK M. DECKER. 

